Living the Legacy Celebration

Posted by on Nov 10, 2010 The responses are already coming in from those who plan to join us for lunch on Sunday November 21st as we  celebrate the successful completion of our Living the Legacy campaign.  I  hope you are making plans to be here.  The church is going to provide the  meal, so all you have to do is show up, eat and enjoy the celebration  (particularly the burning of the note on our loan).  In the...
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Focal Points I

Posted by on Oct 20, 2010 (part 1 of a 3-part series) Over the next three weeks I would like to follow-up on last week’s column regarding the dangers we face as the church navigates our “between times” position. I want to take a separate column to address each of the three things I mentioned last week at the end of that column. I hope this will give us a sharper sense of focus on the things we need to be...
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The Danger We Face

Posted by on Oct 13, 2010 I believe our church is in a dangerous position right now. Have I got your attention? I hope so. I don’t consider myself an alarmist but I do feel I am enough of a realist to perceive the danger inherent in our position. Our church is in a “between times” position. We are about to finish our Living the Legacy campaign. For the past three years the campaign has provided us with a...
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Time for Celebration … Living the Legacy

Posted by on Sep 30, 2010 After three years of strong commitment by our congregation, our capital campaign will come to an end on November 14th. This has been an amazing experience in the life of our church. We have been able to spend over $750,000 on improvements to our beautiful facilities while at the same time we have continued to support those ministries which are so important to our church. With over seven weeks...
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Inspiring Committment and Exciting News

Posted by on Sep 16, 2010 I want to take a moment to commend you on your response to Commitment Sunday. While I don’t think we had a class succeed in getting 100% of their enrollment here, the attendance for Sunday School was good. Fellowship Hall was packed for the reports from our Bulgarian mission team and from Peter Harvin on his mission trip to Moldova. I’ve already had some folks tell me they want to be part of...
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